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Many times you need to trace IP address, Website and email location and server detail. IP address tracing require for diagnosing connectivity or not reachable IP address issues. Quite often someone also needs to know the IP address location and other detail. There is a quick and easy ways to trace IP address, Website and Email server location.

One primary condition for trace IP address of website or any public IP is that, your computer needs

internet access.

Note: Below methods can also be use to trace IP address within your corporate network for intranet and local servers IP Network.

Steps 1 How to trace IP address – Ping IP address and Website or Domain names.

Ping utility is used for test reachability of local and internet host on an IP network. It sends round trip message from source to destination IP. If source failed to receive return message then “Request Timed Out” shows in the result. Ping utility allows tracing IP address for the website and domains. It resolves the hostname into IP address. Let’s take an example, if you wanted to trace IP address of www.google.com . Go to Start > Run > type CMD >and Enter it will open command prompt.

Type “ping www.google.com” (without inverted comma”) the result shows the reply from Google.com with IP Address, that one is the IP for the www.google.com . You can trace IP and any website or domain names by this method.

Steps 2 How to use traceroute command

Traceroute is the one of the diagnostic tool which displaying the number of route (path) or hops between source IP to destination IP. It has also measuring transit delay on each path or hops. Again let’s take an example, this time we will going to trace IP address and number of route path of www.facebook.com . Go to Start > Run > type CMD >and Enter it will open command prompt. Type “tracert www.facebook.com“ (without inverted comma”) the result will display the complete routing path and time in which each hops responds. You can use tracert /? And get to know more about tracert usage and switch option.

Step 3 How to know and trace IP address Email sender or server location

There are multiple email clients like (lotus client, Microsoft Outlook, Express and many online like Gmail, Yahoo mail). To know the email sender server location and other details you have to first collect email server IP. All email client have the option to show each “Email header” Email header have the all detail information regarding that particular emails, Date, Time, recipient, and senders. I am demonstrating my Office outlook email client Headers information and sender server location. Show header option may vary by different email client. Open Office outlook Email client > select email from Inbox and right click > find the message options at the bottom > on opened message

Options windows find at bottom Internet headers: in this windows find the “From” field and there you will find the senders Email IP address.

If you have Gmail client account, you will get header or email server IP very easily. Again open the email of which you find the IP address. Top right side of the email find the “MORE” drop down menu and select “Show Original” it will open new window with all details. Again find the “from” field and here you trace the IP address of email server.

Step 4 How to find the Website server Location or Email server Location and other detail information

There are many online tools and website available to give you quick information result of the public IP or domain information, its server Geo location, registrar, registrar name, register and expiry dates and address. My favorite websites are“http://whois.net/” and “http://who.is/“ which give you all information about Domain names or IP address. Another Website which gives your own IP location by default and trace IP address geographically “http://www.iplocation.net/“.

How to trace IP address, Website and Email Location

There are many online tools and website available to give you quick information result of the public IP or domain information, its server Geo location, registrar, registrar name, register and expiry dates and address. My favorite websites are“http://whois.net/” and “http://who.is/“which give you all information about Domain names or IP address. Another Website which gives your own IP location by default and trace IP address geographically“http://www.iplocation.net/“.  

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